Dish drier



Oct. 18, 1927.

A. G. ANDREWS DISH DRIER Filed July 17 1924 Fatented Gate 18:, 1927.

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Application filed July 17,

This invention relates iii-general to washing apparatus and has more particular reference to dish drainers ordriers as they are commonly known, for holding Washed dishes and silverware while hot water is poured over them for tinal cleaning and while they drain and dry. 1 J

The primary purpose of my invention is to provide an improved dish drier of the character described especially adapted tor househcld use, that is, for thedishes and silverware of the average family, for fac1litatinp the drying thereof. v U

My improvements consist, generally stated, in. the provision of a dish drier characterized bv a drain pan, a dish-supportingtray and a silverware basket constructed and EISSBIn,- liled in a particularly advantageous manner. The dish trayis so construct-ed as to support the plates, saucer-sand other shallow dishes alone the center ofth'e drain pan and allow space both sides for the larger dishes. Said tray is also adapted to be swungout of its operative position in the pan topermit cleaning thereof. The silverwarebasket-1s supported at theouter edge of the pan so as not to restrict the. dish-su 'iporting area thereof and is preferably detachable or re,- niovable from its operative position for convenience in packing and shipping and is positioned. in alignment with the tray for more efficient use as will appear hereinafter.

Other teatures of my invention reside in the simplicity of construction of the drain pan. dish tray and silverware basket with the view to economy inthe cost of production and to promoting the objects above mentioned. 7

Other objects and attendant advantages will he apprecir ited bythosc skilled in this art as the'invention becomes better under stood by reference to the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which I Figure 1, a top view of a dish drier einbodving my invention;

Fig. "2. is a longitudinal sectional view through the drier taken substantially on the line! 52 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail perspective views of the pivoted end of the dish tray, and silverware basket, respectively. 7

Referring more particularly to the. drawing, it will be observed that the plates, S2111-- cers and other shallow dishes will be directly 1924. Serial Nor/26,437.

supported by a tray 5, which is carried in a drain pan 6, and that the silverware is adapted to be carried bya basket or tray/T, likewise carried by the drain pan, these reference numerals being generally applied.

The dish tray supports'the plates, saucers' etc., in an upright inclined position inlnested relation so that when hot water is poured on the d1shes from a tea kettle it will easily drain oil. The pan 6 has an inclined bottom basket in alignment with and in close pron .imity to the d sh tray an economy in water consumption is effectedby reason of the fact that both the articlcsin the tray and basket may be' drenched by water poured from a tea kettle by motion thereof back and forth in a single plane and by splashing of the water through the open end of the pan from the articles in the tray to those in the basket, and vice 'versa. The dish tray is held so as not to-shift sidewise in the pan and the space at each side of the tray is adapted for car-- rying the larger dishes.

"The pan 6, preferably rectangular. has closed iinperforate sides except at its lower formed of sheet metal having a bottom 1ongitudinal sides 9 and an end 11, the-pan being supported by legs 12 in an inclined position so that the water willdrain off at the ope: end. The upper edges or rim of the pan ar turned down over a reenforcing Wire 13 which hasa portion 14 traversing the open end of the pan. The pan is further reen-. forced at its open end by a wire having a base portion 15 and upstanding sides 16 over which the contiguous edges of the pan are turned, this wire being shown in Fig. 3 removed from the pan. I

The dish-supporting tray iscomposed in the preferred embodiment of longitudinal wise secured at their ends to the longitudinal wires and arched in an IHClIDGCl PlaIIG, as PlaIDly'ShDWII, for supporting shallow dishes 'so that the water will drain ofi at the lower end which is open.

end which is open. As shown the pan i wires 17 and cross wires 18 welded or otheri in inclined nested relation asexplained above. In the present instance the wires 17 are ina single piece shaped to provide leg portions 19 and ends 21 turned upwardly and being pivotally attached at 22 to the portion 14; of the pan reenforcing wire. The dish tray is therefore adapted to be swung into and out of its operative position in the pan and when swung out of such position permits the pan to'be readily cleaned. In order to prevent the dishes in the spaces at the sides of the dish tray from being dis placed through the openend of the pan I have provided suitable dish retaining means preferably in the form of a wiremember 23 welded or otherwise secured at 24 to the upu'ight portions 21. of the dish' tray and pivotally secured at 25 to the end portion l l of the pan reentorciug wire. The angular portions formed by this wire member 23 reach across the openings at the sides of the dish tray and prevent displacement of dishes through such openings. The member 23 is therefore an integral part of the dish tray and by contact at its corners with the adjacent side walls 9 they serve to prevent lateral or sidewise shifting of the dish tray in the drain pan. In order to support the dish tray intermediate the legs 19 one of the cross wires 18 is extended at" its ends to pr0- ride legs 26 which rest on thebottom of the pan.

any suitable or ln'eferred' shape such for eX- ample as a wire basket as shown. 7 In this instance double rim members 27 and28 are provided in spaced relation at the top out the basket and the latter isdetachably connected to the pan by a specially constructed bracket preferably formed of a; single piece of wire. This wire member shaped to provide rela tively long supporting arms 29 secured at 3land 32 to the lowerand upper rims 27 and 28 respectively and having hooked lower ends adapted to pass through small openings in the bottom 8 of the pan and to embrace the reenforced lower edge thereof in a supporting but detachable connection. The intermediate portion of said wire bracket member is shaped to provide shorter arms 34 terminatingin a hooked end 35 adapted to snap over the wire 14- ot the pan. 7 It will be noted that the hooked end snaps over 'the wire 14 in the normal position of the latter and that in order to insure against disconnection of the hooked end 35 the wire 14 is flexed upwardly so to hold it and the arms 3% under tension. This is accomplished by making the upright portionsQl The silverware basket or tray lTltLYlIJQOf of the dish trayof such length that when the tray is swung to its operative position the legs 19 adlacent to said portions 21 will engagethe bottom of the pan and force the wire 14 upward. Thus by attaching the silverware basket in its operative position and swinging the dish tray to its operative p0si-- tion the silverware basket will be locked from displacement. i

It is believedthat the foregoing conveys a clearunderstanding of the objects pref: aced above and while I have illustrated but a single working embodiment it should be the drain pan extending across the open end,.

a dish tray composedof longitudinal wires and cross wires the longitudinal wires being turned upwardly at the lower end of the pan and pivotally attached to the reentoi'cing wire, and a dish-retaining wire havinga horizontal portion unitedto the upright ends of the longitudinal wires and being turned upwardly laterally beyond said longitudinal wires and pivotally attached at their upper ends'to said reenforcing wire. v

2. In a dishdrier comprising asheet metal drain pan closed on all sides excepting one end through which the pan drains, wire reinforcingthe edges of the pan on the ends and sid thereof, and a dish tray composed of longitudinal supporting wires with. cross wires mounted thereon, said tray having'the longitudinal: wires bent upwardly at one end of the pan and pivotally attached to the re inforcing wire whereby the tray is swinga-ble out of the pan toafforda clean sweep of the pan from the closed. end out through the opposite open end.

3. A dish drier comprising a: sheet metal pan closed on all sides exceptone end through which the pan is arranged to drain, a one-plece wire trame reinforcing the edges of the pan on all sides thereof andextending across the open end, and a dish tray composed oflongitudinal supporting wires and cross wires, the longitudinal wires being bent upwardly at the one end ofthe panand pivotally. attached to the reinforcing wire frame. a. y

ARTHUR Gr. ANDREWS.

in the appended claims, in 

